2020 set many new paradigms, which may be the norm in the coming years, too Perhaps no other year’s end has been awaited so eagerly across the world as that of 2020. That is because no other event in recent history has had such far-reaching impact as that of the coronavirus pandemic. The year 2020 […]
Colonies are not established overnight. It takes years of meticulous planning, plenty of money and muscle power. The British Raj in India began with the spice trade, the French colonisation of North America began with voyages, the Dutch began trading in Indonesia before they started interfering in Java’s internal business, Britain began controlling Africa through […]
Every day newspapers and TV news apprise us of the menace of crime against women in India. This is rapidly increasing in spite of the implementation of Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013. Crime against women is not a new phenomenon. Women in every society have been victims of humiliation, torture and exploitation for long. Ideologies, […]
Surprising it may seem but in today’s tumultuous world, when a deadly pandemic is on the rampage and most democracies are in ferment, whether it be the United States of America after President Trump’s loss in elections and, closer home, the massive and growing farmers’ agitation in India, while feudal and tribal religious radical forces […]
Another year has passed but unlike every year, 2020 has nothing substantial to be remembered for for any good reason. Rather, it may be recorded as one of the worst years in the history of human civilisation. We all started the year on a positive note but the ominous signs were there already in December […]
As we enter the eight month of our confrontation with the pandemic of Covid-19, it’s time to brush up on some primary lessons we have learnt since its outbreak, so that we can make our institutions, systems and our personal lives more robust for the future. Small is beautiful: It was not the poor healthcare […]
Sexual harassment includes a range of actions from verbal transgressions to sexual abuse or assault. The use of explicit or implicit sexual overtones, including the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favours, is also sexual harassment. Such harassment can occur in many different social settings – workplace, home, school, place of […]
Women have shaped the course of history with their wisdom, strength, and leadership, but patriarchy and restrictive cultural laws continue to be firmly rooted in our society. Women remain marginalised from the political sphere and face immensely hard challenges in political and public decision-making processes. When it comes to an intelligent and politically conscious woman […]
Hazrat Sheikul Aalam Sheikh Nooruddin Noorani (RA), popularly known as Nund Reshi, is the most revered saint of Kashmir. He is known as Alamdar-e-Kashmir also. He travelled across the length and breadth of Kashmir. His Kalam-e-Mutabarka (sacred poetry) is unique in style, thought and narrative. It is mainly based on the Quran and Hadith and […]
When I was a high school student, whenever any dignitary would visit our school, it would usually be told that the guest had studied at a government school. Irrespective of their economic backgrounds, all used to have this quality in common. Now, it is no longer so. Commercialisation of education has wreaked havoc on the […]